Practice patterns of Canadian glaucoma specialists: planning for the next generation.

Background: To identify practice patterns of Canadian glaucoma specialists in order to begin identifying the needs of the work force to care for the next generation of glaucoma patients.

Methods: Survey of 130 Canadian glaucoma specialists whose names were obtained from the Canadian Ophthalmological Society specialist list.

Results: The response rate was 62% (81/130); 77% (62/81) considered themselves glaucoma specialists, but only 77% (48/62) of these had at least 1 year of formal glaucoma training.